2015 Boston Lobsters season

2015 Boston Lobsters
2015 record 0 wins, 0 losses
Owner(s) Bahar Uttam
President/CEO Bahar Uttam
General Manager Darlene Hayes
Coach Jan-Michael Gambill
Stadium Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
(capacity: 1,634)

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The 2015 Boston Lobsters season will be the 11th season of the franchise (in its current incarnation) in World TeamTennis (WTT).

Season recap

Trade of Isner and draft

Prior to the WTT Draft on March 16, 2015, the Lobsters traded the top-ranked American player John Isner to the Springfield Lasers for undisclosed consideration which was presumably financial, since no other players or draft choices were moved in connection with the deal. The Lobsters used the first overall pick in the marquee portion of the draft to select Eugenie Bouchard. In the roster portion of the draft, the Lobsters didn't protect any players from their 2014 roster. They selected Irina Falconi, Scott Lipsky, Chase Buchanan and Arantxa Parra Santonja.[1] Lipsky played with the team in 2014, as a substitute player but only appeared in two matches and could not be protected by the Lobsters in the draft.[2]

Other player transaction

On July 9, 2015, the Lobsters announced that they had signed Alex Kuznetsov as a substitute player to replace Chase Buchanan who was injured and expected to miss the first six matches of the season.[3]

Event chronology

Draft picks

Since the Lobsters had the worst record in WTT in 2014, they had the first choice in each round of the draft. Unlike previous seasons in which WTT conducted its Marquee Player Draft and its Roster Player Draft on different dates about one month apart, the league conducted a single draft at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on March 16, 2015.[1] The selections made[1] by the Lobsters are shown in the table below.

Draft type Round No. Overall Player chosen Prot?
Marquee 1 1 1 Canada Eugenie Bouchard N
2 1 8 Pass –
3 1 15 Pass –
Roster 1 1 1 United States Irina Falconi N
2 1 8 United States Scott Lipsky N
3 1 15 United States Chase Buchanan N
4 1 22 Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja N

Match log

Legend
Lobsters Win Lobsters Loss
Home team in CAPS
Match Date Venue and location Result and details Record
1 July 12 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		Washington Kastles at BOSTON LOBSTERS
2 July 13 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		Austin Aces at BOSTON LOBSTERS
3 July 14 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		Boston Lobsters at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
4 July 15 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		BOSTON LOBSTERS 25, San Diego Aviators 13[4]
* MS: Alex Kuznetsov (Lobsters) 5, Taylor Fritz (Aviators) 2
* WS: Irina Falconi (Lobsters) 5, Chanelle Scheepers (Aviators) 3
* MD: Alex Kuznetsov/Scott Lipsky (Lobsters) 5, Taylor Fritz/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 4
* WD: Irina Falconi/Arantxa Parra Santonja (Lobsters) 5, Darija Jurak/Chanelle Scheepers (Aviators) 2
* XD: Arantxa Parra Santonja/Scott Lipsky (Lobsters) 5, Darija Jurak/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 2 		2–2
5 July 16 The Pavilion
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania 		Boston Lobsters at PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS
6 July 18 Dream Stadium at Sunrise Mall
Citrus Heights, California 		Boston Lobsters at CALIFORNIA DREAM
7 July 19 Omni La Costa Resort and Spa
Carlsbad, California 		Boston Lobsters at SAN DIEGO AVIATORS
8 July 21 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Boston Lobsters at WASHINGTON KASTLES
9 July 22 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		Philadelphia Freedoms at BOSTON LOBSTERS
10 July 23 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		Washington Kastles at BOSTON LOBSTERS
11 July 25 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		California Dream at BOSTON LOBSTERS
12 July 27 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		Philadelphia Freedoms at BOSTON LOBSTERS
13 July 28 The Pavilion
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania 		Boston Lobsters at PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS
14 July 29 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Boston Lobsters at WASHINGTON KASTLES

Team personnel

As of July 9, 2015:[5]

On-court personnel

Front office

Transactions

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Serena Williams, Eugenie Bouchard Headline Mylan World TeamTennis Player Draft for Historic 40th Season". World TeamTennis. March 16, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2015 Mylan WTT Official Rules Guide (PDF). World TeamTennis. 2015. p. 17. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Alex Kuznetsov Joins Boston Lobsters". Boston Lobsters. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mylan World TeamTennis - Results for Wednesday, 7/15". World TeamTennis. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "2015 Lineup". Boston Lobsters. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

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